KMC to send fresh Bengali signboard notices to traders
Any deviation from this order will invite "unwanted trouble" for them, said a KMC official. According to the official, a recent instruction from the civic brass asked the KMC trade licence department to send notices to the traders, reminding them that putting up Bengali signboards is mandatory.
The civic body had last year instructed traders and owners of commercial establishments to put up Bengali signboards
Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday came down heavily on a section of traders and owners of commercial establishments for taking time to put up Bengali signboards after the civic body sent notices.
"Despite receiving notices from the KMC, many establishments are yet to put up Bengali signboards. There is no objection to having signboards in other languages, but we have made it mandatory to put up Bengali signboards," Hakim said.
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"We will need to send fresh notices to traders and owners of all commercial establishments, reminding them of their duties and fixing a deadline. If they fail to comply, we will take appropriate action," an official said.
Hakim said there are many central govt offices where people find no Bengali signboard. "They should have signboards in Bengali so people can read them. We will write to central govt agencies, like rail, port, and income tax, for putting up signboards in Bengali," Hakim said.
Hakim said the civic authorities will start pulling down the signboards from Sept if they are found not to have Bengali writing on them. "We will also ask advertisers to put up Bengali content, even if it is in a small way," he added.
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